Lady&#39;s hand and underarm bag construction



Nbir. 20, 1928. 1,692,205

v L. GOLDSMITH LADYS HAND AND UNDER ARM BAG CONSTRUCTION Filed Jan. 24, 1928 Elwuohto; LOUIS GOLDSHTPQ flaw,

Patented Nov. 20, 1928.

UNETEE? STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LOUIS GOLDSMITH, F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO SAMUEL R. GOLDSMITH, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

LADYS HAND AND UNDERARM BAG CONSTRUCTION.

Application filed January 24, 1928 This invention relates to bags such as carried by women in the hand or under the arm.

One object of the invention is to provide a bag of the character described which incorporates an improved, novel form of safety pocket or compartment for retaining papers or articles therein. Said pocket is constructed inconspicuously, the structure about the pocket opening forming a trimming for the bag and camouflaging said opening.

Another object of the invention is to provide an improved bag construction of the character described comprisng few and simple parts which shall be readily assembled to form a neat appearing, ornamented yet compact structure including a secret safety pocket, which shall be cheap to manufacture and practical and efficient to a high degree in use.

Other objects of this invention will in part be obvious and in part hereinafter pointed out.

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction, combinations of elements and arrangement of parts which will be exemplified in the constructions hereinafter described and of which the scope of application will be indicated in the following claims.

In the accompanying drawing, in which is shown various possible illustrative embodiments of this invention,

Figs. 1 and 2 are front elevational views of closed hand or under-arm bags embodying the invention.

Fig. 3 is a perspective View, of the improved bag, shown in Fig. 1, as seen from the rear side of an open bag.

Fig. 4 is a view corresponding to a crosssection of the improved bag shown in Fig. 1 with the pockets spread open to expose the interior construction.

Fig. 5 is an end view of the improved bag shown in Fig. 1; and

Fig. 6 is a cross sectional view taken on lines 66 in Fig. 2.

- Referring in detail to the drawing, 10 denotes a hand or under-arm bag constructed'to embody the invention. As shown in Figs. 1, 2, 4 and 5, said bag is seen to comprise an enveloping structure 11 preferably formed of a plurality of suitable strip layers of sheet material secured together in any well under stood manner. The bag construction shown in figures is of curl pocket type Serial No. 248,993.

having an upturned end portion 11 of said structure folded at 12 which is permanently interconnected with the mid-section 11 of said structure along opposite adjacent edges by gussets 19 to provide the main pocket or compartment 10 of the bag. The end portion 11 of the structure opposite the portion 11 is swingably folda-ble as at 13 and extends down over the latter forming a closure for the pocket 10 and bag on the front side 2 thereof.

If desired, the bag 10 may be made with an open or handkerchief pocket, such a pocket 14 preferably formed to extend over the midsection 11 on the rear side of the bag. In the above construction, layers 15 form a continuation of said upturned structure end portion 11 being extended around the fold 12 on the rear side of the bag and are secured to the edges of the mid-section 11 to form therewith the exterior wall of said pocket 14, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4.

One dominant feature of the invention is the inconspicuous incorporation of a safety pocket 16 in the bag construction. To this end, the strip layer portions forming the mid section 11 and closure 11 of the structure 11 are made to comprise an inner and outer member 17 and 18, respectively, which are here shown. secured together along their edges and adjacent the end of the fold 12 by stitches 20 to form a safety pocket 16 extending between said members and through the fold 13 Said pocket 16 has its opening 16 at the closure end 11 of said structure. The end portions 17 and 18 of the layers 17 and 18, respectively, form the rim of said opening 16 and are shaped so that the end portions 17 a is left exposed and visible on the exterior front side of the bag when the structure end 11 is in its closed position as shown in Fig. 1. The exposed end portion 17 can thus be made to serve as a trimming for the bag and to camouflage the safety pocket opening 16. The

rows of stitches 20 provided to extend through. the layers along the edges thereof for securing'said layers together provide additional ornamentation for the exterior of the bag and also aid in concealing the pocket opening 16. In Figs. 1 and 3 it should be noted that the portion 20 of the row of stitches 20 on the edge of the outer layer end portion 18 overlyin the inner layer end portion 1? appears to permanently secure the all) latter to the outer layer end portion 18 thereby aiding the concealment of said pocket opening 16 The end portion 18 may include a tab extension 18 which preferably carried on its inner side, male member 21 of a snap fastener 21 for releasably engaging with the female member 21 mounted on the exterior of the end structure portion 11 For releasably securing the inner and outer layer end portions 1T? and l8 together adjacent the opening 16 another snap fastening 22 is provided, the male member 22 thereof being mounted on inner side of the tab 18 inwardly spaced from the male member 21 the female member 22 of said fastener 22 being secured to the layer 17 as is clearly shown in Fig. 1. 7 I

If desired layers 23 may be extended through the main pocket to partition off a smaller handy pocket 24 which is useful to separately carry small or flat articles, or a purse and a strap handle 25 may be mounted to an exterior side of the bag as for example, secured to the outer side of the layers 15 for conveniently carrying the bag.

The portion layers of the structure 11 which are exposed to outside wear may be made of suitable sheet material such as leather, leather substitutes, textile fabrics of sillr, cotton, linen, wool or the like and the inside extending layers may be made of suitable lining fabrics. Although in the drawing only the outer and lining layers forming the structure 11 are shown it is to be understood that interlinings between said layers may be employed for stiffening, bracing or padding the structure 11 may be provided in the well understood manner.

In the practical use of theimproved bag 10, articles may be distributed to the various pockets 10, 14c, 16 and 24. The pocket 16 is relatively deeper than the others. WVhen the closure end 11 is folded over the pocket 10 and the snap fasteners 21 and 22 secured for closing the bag, the contents in the pocket 16 are not only safely retained by said fasteners but also by the restriction formed by the fold 13 extending transversely across the pocket. The pocket 10 may be opened by swinging the closure end 11 carrying the pocket opening 16 therewith, and since the latter is camouflaged it is secreted and notreadily discernible wl'ietl'ler said closure end 11 in open or closed posit-ions.

Figs. 2 and 6 show a modified bag construction embodying the invention. Here bag 110 is similar in all respects to the bag 10 described above with the exception; that the main pocket 110 is of the so-called box construction instead of being curled and the handkerchief pocket and handle has been omitted. From Fig, 2 it can also be seen that the end 118 of the outer layers 118 does, not extend to overlie a portion of the end 117 of the inner layer 117, that is the tab extension as in the construction of the bag 10 is omitted, but in both bags the ends of the inner layers are exposed to form trimmings which camouflage the safety pocket openings;

It will thus be seen that there is provided devices in which the several objects of this invention are achieved and which are well adapted to meet the conditions of practical use.

As various possible embodii-i'ients might be made of the above invention, and as various changes might be made in the embodiment above set forth, it is to be understood that all matters herein set forth or shown in the accompanying drawing are to be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense. I

Having thus described my inve'ntion, I claimas new and desire to secure by Letters Patent: I y I y I 1. In a bag of the character described, an enveloping structure formed of a plurality of layers having a foldable portion extending transversely the length at a midsectionthereof, an inner layer of said structt end thereof to an outer layer fofming a pocket having an opening between the free ends of said layers opposite said secured end, an edge portion the free end of said inner layer extending beyond the edge portion of said overlying outer layer to camouflage the visible picket opening on the exterior side of said structure. v

2. In a of the character described, an enveloping structure comprising an 7 inner layer secured along the longitudinal edges and one end thereof to an outerlayer forming a pocket having an opening between the free ends of said layers opposite saidsecured end, said layer free end portions being folded over to serve as a closure for the pocket and bag, an edge' portion of the closure end of the inner layer extending beyond the edge portion. of an overlapping outer I layer to camouflage the visible pocket opening on the exterior side of the structure, and releasable fastening means for securing the pocket and bag olosureshut. I

3. A secret safety pocket in a bag of the character described incorporated in an enveloping structure of the bag, said structure comprising outerand inner members secured together to form said pocket having an opening communicating with one'end of the structure, the latter having a fold extending across thepoclret, the end portion of the outer members adjacent said opening partially covering the end portion of the underlying inner member for exposing an uncovered end .portion of said inner member to simulate an outer tri nming'for the bag and to conceal said pocket opening".

1-. a bag of the character described, an enveloping structure having a fold and I e being at cured along the longitudinal edges and on formed With a pocket extending through the folded structure, said pocket having an opening at one end of the structure, said end forming flap closures for the pocket and bag, the portions of the flap closures forming Walls of said pocket being positioned to expose an end of an inner Wall portion on the exterior side of the bag to form a trimming for the bag.

5. In a bag of the character described, an enveloping structure having a fold and formed with a pocket extending through the folded structure, said pocket having an opening at one end of the structure, said end forming flap closures for the pocket and bag, the portions of the flap closures forming Walls of said pocket being positioned to expose an end of an inner Wall portion on the exterior side of the bag to form a trimming for the bag whereby the visibility of said pocket opening is camouflaged, and stitches extending along the edge portion of the outer Wall portion adjacent said opening as and for the purpose described and specified.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

LOUIS GOLDSMITH. 

